ix, 490 pages : 25 cm

The goal of the Handbook of Creativity is to provide the most comprehensive, definitive, and authoritative single-volume review available in the field of creativity. To this end, the book contains 22 chapters covering a wide range of issues and topics in this field, all written by distinguished leaders. The chapters are intended to be accessible to all readers with an interest in creative thinking. Although the authors are leading behavioral scientists, people in all disciplines will find the coverage of creativity in the arts and sciences to be of interest

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

The concept of creativity : prospects and paradigms / Robert J. Sternberg and Todd I. Lubart -- A history of research on creativity / Robert S. Albert and Mark A. Runco -- Psychometric approaches to the study of human creativity / Jonathan A. Plucker and Joseph S. Renzulli -- Experimental studies of creativity / Mark A. Runco and Shawn Okuda Sakamoto -- The case study method and evolving systems approach for understanding unique creative people at work / Howard E. Gruber and Doris B. Wallace -- Creativity from a historiometric perspective / Dean Keith Simonton -- Biological bases of creativity / Colin Martindale -- Evolving creative minds : stories and mechanisms / Charles J. Lumsden -- The development of creativity / David Henry Feldman -- Creative cognition / Thomas B. Ward, Steven M. Smith, and Ronald A. Finke -- From case studies to robust generalizations : an approach to the study of creativity / Emma Policastro and Howard Gardner -- Creativity and knowledge : a challenge to theories / Robert W. Weisberg -- Creativity and intelligence / Robert J. Sternberg and Linda A. O'Hara -- The influence of personality on artistic and scientific creativity / Gregory J. Feist --Motivation and creativity / Mary Ann Collins and Teresa M. Amabile -- Implications of a systems perspective for the study of creativity / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Creativity across cultures / Todd I. Lubart -- Computer models of creativity / Margaret A. Boden -- Organizational creativity / Wendy M. Williams and Lana T. Yang -- Enhancing creativity / Raymond S. Nickerson -- Prodigies and creativity / Michael J.A. Howe -- Fifty years of creativity research / Richard E. Mayer

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